I found Zamzar a really useful tool. It took a wee while to convert my word documen into a pdf either, about 3 -5 minutes. but I felt it would be worth the wait if I was in the predicament of trying to get access to a document that was saved in format that couldn't be opnened.
In terms of use in the library, I can confidently say that it will come in use. I had a customer come in last year with a document that our learn.net computer couldn't recognise and obviously open. All I could do at the time was suggest to her that she go back home and save the document in a different format. From memory I think it was a .exe file. It would have been very helpful if I had known about Zamzar back then...!
I am sure that I will have other opportunities to share this online file conversion tool with other library patrons and with my friends. In fact, I have already shown my husband this site and saved it in our "Favourites" for future reference!
I particularly like the fact that you don't have to create an account to be able to use Zamzar.
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Hi de hi - a very good post and you highlight a couple of areas where Zamzar is great (easy to use and free) and where it could do with imporoving (the 'timely' return). Very pleased to read that you would feel ok with recommending this to family, friends & customers. YAY! You've finished week 2 :)
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